Creative Curriculum
How many interest areas should be used to enhance children's learning and guide their development?
What are teachers, TAs & SECAs doing during free play?
TSG Collection thru powerful interactions
Which material is used to help point to cards and pictures and to cue students to repeat sounds?
Baby Echo Puppet
How many units are in the preschool curriculum?
5
Talk about what you (teacher, TA/SECA) are doing, eating, touching/moving or thinking when students are present. Narrate your actions!
Self-Talk
What is a short activity that offers songs, chants, rhymes & games?
Mighty Minutes
What color band is used for normed 3yo & 4yo program?
3yo - green
4yo - blue
What is the order of the fundations tracing lines top to bottom?
Sky Line, Plane Line, Grass Line, Worm Line
How many weeks does Second Step cover?
28 weeks
Talk about what the student is doing, seeing, eating, touching or moving. Narrate their actions!
Parallel-Talk
How many times should you read aloud the same story with fairly complex story lines?
Three
How many objectives does TSG cover?
38
What days do you introduce new letter-keyword sound?
Day 1 & Day 3
What supplemental program do we use in conjunction with Second Step?
Calm Classroom
What are the 3 Domains used in the class tool?
Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, Instructional Support
How do we celebrate learning without a traditional unit of study investigation within the creative curriculum
Wow Experience
How many objectives can be tied to one piece of documentation?
3...high-quality documentation will have at least three objectives
Provide an example of introducing a new letter-keyword-sound
ex. a-apple-/a/
Stop and name the feeling
Which domain covers concept development, quality of feedback and language modeling?
Instructional Support
What can I use to assess on the spot and/or small group instruction?
Intentional Teaching Cards
How many ways can you document in TSG?
Different Types of Documentation: (9)
1-anecdotal notes
2-photographs
3- audio & video recordings
4- sample of children's work
5-Your webs (diagrams)
6- Sketches of their creations
7- checklist (on the spot)
8- input from families/support staff
9- Intentional Teaching Cards
What is the correct way to pronounce the /b/ sound?
/b/ vs /bu/
How does Second Step teach students to manage disappointment?
Belly Breathing
Which domain refers to specific teaching behaviors that support children's cognitive development and language growth?
Instructional Support